MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Jose Quintana
COL · P
Change to
Portrait of Slade Cecconi
Slade Cecconi
CLE · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jose Quintana.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Slade Cecconi’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Jose Quintana wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Slade Cecconi wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jose Quintana
89.7
Slade Cecconi
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
9.9%
Slade Cecconi
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
11.0%
Slade Cecconi
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
32.0%
Slade Cecconi
27.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
32.9%
Slade Cecconi
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
8.4%
Slade Cecconi
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jose Quintana
.343
Slade Cecconi
.338
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Jose Quintana
3.885.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
4.28
Slade Cecconi
3.885.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.25
4.59
WHIPlower is better
Jose Quintana
1.291.58
now 1.51
1.36
Slade Cecconi
1.291.58
now 1.49
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jose Quintana
4062
now 20
24
Slade Cecconi
4062
now 50
32
Winshigher is better
Jose Quintana
.2003.80
now 2
12
Slade Cecconi
.2003.80
now 3
13

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJose Quintana — hold.conf 0.50
SellSlade Cecconi — sell.conf 0.78
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